George Plimpton

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George Plimpton

Acting March 18, 1927

New York City, New York, USA

George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his…

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.0 1989 TV Show
Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

8.2 1997 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

8.0 1962 Movie
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
Just Visiting

Just Visiting

4.8 2001 Movie
EDtv

EDtv

6.0 1999 Movie
Wings

Wings

6.9 1990 TV Show
Just Cause

Just Cause

6.3 1995 Movie
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
The Equalizer

The Equalizer

7.1 1985 TV Show

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George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Plimpton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    The Capote Tapes

    Movie Self (voice) (archive footage)

  2. 2015
    Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

    Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)

  3. 2012
    Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2009
    Soul Power

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2007
    Shortcut to Happiness

    Movie Self

  6. 2006
    Factory Girl

    Movie Himself

  7. 2006
    Infamous

    Movie Book

  8. 2005
    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    TV show Self - writer

  9. 2003
    Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.

    Movie Critic

  10. 2001
    Bullet in the Brain

    Movie Narrator

  11. 2001
    A Nero Wolfe Mystery

    TV show Winterhoff

  12. 2001
    Just Visiting

    Movie Dr. Brady

  13. 2001
    Sam the Man

    Movie Self

  14. 2000
    Deadline

    TV show Bar Patron

  15. 1999
    EDtv

    Movie Panel Member

  16. 1998
    The Last Days of Disco

    Movie Clubgoer

More credits
  1. 1997
    Good Will Hunting

    Movie Psychologist

  2. 1997
    Just Shoot Me!

    TV show George Plimpton

  3. 1996
    When We Were Kings

    Movie Self

  4. 1996
    The West

    TV show Self (voice)

  5. 1996
    E! True Hollywood Story

    TV show

  6. 1995
    Nixon

    Movie President's Lawyer

  7. 1995
    The Single Guy

    TV show George Plimpton

  8. 1995
    Central Park West

    TV show

  9. 1995
    Just Cause

    Movie Elder Phillips

  10. 1994
    ER

    TV show John Carter Sr.

  11. 1994
    Baseball

    TV show Self

  12. 1992
    The Donner Party

    Movie voice

  13. 1991
    Little Man Tate

    Movie Winston F. Buckner

  14. 1991
    L.A. Story

    Movie Straight Weatherman

  15. 1991
    Coney Island

    Movie (voice)

  16. 1990
    The Bonfire of the Vanities

    Movie Well Wisher

  17. 1990
    The Civil War

    TV show George Templeton Strong (voice)

  18. 1990
    Wings

    TV show Dr. Greyson

  19. 1989
    The Simpsons

    TV show George Plimpton (voice)

  20. 1989
    A Fool and His Money

    Movie Gott

  21. 1988
    American Experience

    TV show (voice)

  22. 1986
    Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton

    Movie Himself (Host)

  23. 1985
    The Equalizer

    TV show Clinton Brandauer

  24. 1985
    Volunteers

    Movie Lawrence Bourne Jr.